Meet Amanda
Amanda Almodovar, MSW, LCSW
Trying to take that next big step? Or has life taken an unexpected turn? Would it be nice to have someone in your corner cheering you on?
Throughout her life, Amanda has been the resource that people turn to for setting goals and processing big feelings. With genuine kindness and caring, she will help you through any challenge that comes your way. Her favorite moment with clients is the relief and accomplishment she can share when you’ve set a goal and later come back to say “I DID IT!”
Amanda’s passion for supporting older adults and family caregivers began long before her career in social work. She grew up in a family of caregivers, where she watched her parents lovingly care for her grandparents and great-grandmother as they remained in their homes while navigating health challenges, including cancer and dementia. These early experiences gave Amanda a deep appreciation for the joys and challenges of caregiving and shaped the compassion that continues to guide her work today.
Amanda began her training in 2004 at the Joint Master of Social Work program of UNC Greensboro and NC A&T, graduating with honors in 2006. Fifteen years of her post-MSW career focused on individual and group interventions for public school students in central NC. She has been with Kildaire Counseling since it's start in 2025.
THERAPY MODALITIES
Amanda has an eclectic approach with foundations in many modalities, including:
Attachment Theory
Trauma Focus including Adverse Childhood Experiences
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Mindfulness
Bibliotherapy
Play Therapy
“The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths, it has its pearls too.”
Amanda helps with:
Work/Life Balance
Stress Management
Values Clarification
Coping with Loss
Breaking Cycles of Dysfunction
Overcoming Trauma
“Stuck” mode/”Creative Blocks”
Motivation
…and more!
“You are not a drop in the ocean; you are the entire ocean in a drop.”